Slim Majority of Israelis, Palestinians Still Favor Two-state Peace Settlement, Poll Says

[Israeli]

Israeli and Palestinian pollsters see numbers as 'not amazingly encouraging' but a suggestion that not all are satisfied with a two-year stalemate in diplomacy.

Josef Federman Aug 22, 2016

AP - A new poll of Israelis and Palestinians released on Monday found that a slim majority on both sides still favor a peace settlement establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel, despite years of conflict and deadlock in negotiations.

The results of the joint poll may provide some small signs of encouragement when peace prospects appear bleak. The last round of negotiations broke down two years ago, and a resumption of talks, much less progress between the sides, at this point seems unlikely.

Tamar Hermann, an Israeli political scientist who conducted the survey with Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki, said that under the current circumstances, the results were "not amazingly encouraging," but also "not discouraging."

The poll found that 51 percent of Palestinians and 59 percent of Israelis still support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On the Israeli side, 53 percent of Jews support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Among Israel's Arab minority, the number is much higher, at 87 percent. Conversely, just 34 percent of Palestinians and 20 percent of Israelis support the idea of a single shared state where they are both citizens with equal rights.

read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.737973

[shira]

1. Meanwhile, it's still 0% of BDS'ers who support 2 states. n/t

[shira]

2. The actual poll shows only 40% of Palestinians support 2 states. 68% Israelis....

A detailed breakdown of attitudes regarding the nine components of the package:

1. Mutual recognition of Palestine and Israel as the homelands of their respective peoples. The agreement will mark the end of conflict, the Palestinian state will fight terror against Israelis and Israel will fight terror against Palestinians, and no further claims will be made by either side: a minority among the Palestinians (40%) and a majority among the Israelis (68%; 64% among Israeli Jews and 91% among Israeli Arabs) supported this item.

http://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/660

Typical BS spin by Haaretz.

[Israeli]

3. Ah.....

.........so now you are attacking Haaretz ......

[shira]

5. 68% of Israelis support 2 states. Only 40% Palestinians according to poll...

I even quoted from the poll. Interestingly, 91% of Israeli Arabs support a real genuine 2 state solution. I'm not sure that even you support that.

[Israeli]

8. Sure shira ...sure ....

....spin it any way it takes your fancy .

re quote: "I'm not sure that even you support that.".....when Gush Shalom changes it policy I promise to let you know .....until then ....our aims remain the same :

http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/about/aims/

[Israeli]

4. The night that rekindled my faith in two states

They said the two-state solution is no longer relevant, that we cannot evacuate settlements, that there is ‘no partner for peace.’ Then I heard Iyad speak to a group of Israelis in a Tel Aviv bar.

By Yael Burstein

http://972mag.com/the-night-that-rekindled-my-hope-in-two-states/121537/

[geek tragedy]

6. note that this is support for the general concept, not for the reality nt

[shira]

7. A majority of rightwing Israelis are for 2 states if it means real peace. n/t

[Israeli]

10. ROFLMAO .....nt.

[shira]

11. 57% Likud voters support 2 states. 53% of those voting Naftali Bennett....

Still, even on the right, there appears to be a majority in favor of a peace deal, including 57% among Likud voters, and even 53% among the constituency of Yesh Atid, whose leader, Naftali Bennett, is a champion of the unilateral annexation of parts of the West Bank.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/two-thirds-of-israelis-support-peace-with-palestinians-that-ensures-security-polls-find/

[Israeli]

9. Nobody knows that better than we do geek tragedy nt